Politics

Robin D. G. Kelley on the midterm elections.

The problem isn’t new; it’s the bordered logic of global apartheid itself.

The tradition allows private and public life to meet, maintaining a baseline solidarity in civic life.

They may seem the cornerstone of democracy, but in reality they do little to promote it. There’s a far better way to empower ordinary citizens: democracy by lottery.

From street demonstrations to song, dance, film, and poetry, women are advancing a long legacy of struggle against authoritarianism in Iran.

The U.S. federal system is flawed as it currently operates, but it is essential for sharing power.

A posthumous collection tracks Noel Ignatiev’s commitment to class struggle, abolishing whiteness, and finding a vision of freedom in the minds and actions of working people.

The recent electoral success of a party with Nazi origins must be understood as part of the long history of white Swedes’ desire for racial homogeneity.

Noam Chomsky on lies, crimes, and savage capitalism.

To discern why we fight, we should ask why we do not.